News from November 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Md., - U.S. District Judge Deborah L. Boardman has approved a consent decree that permanently enjoins Elizabeth J. Allen, a Baltimore-based physician assistant, from prescribing opioids and other controlled substances, resolving the United States’ civil allegations that Allen violated the...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: Perea-Duenas was also involved in a drive-by shooting.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that Kimo Little Bird, Sr., age 40, of Little Eagle, South Dakota, was found guilty of Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child, Felony Sex Offense Against a Minor While Required to Register as a Sex Offender, and Tampering with a Witness, as a result of a three-day federal jury trial in Aberdeen, South Dakota. The verdict was returned on Nov. 18, 2021.
By State Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you. Well, again, thank you. Thank you to each and every one of you for joining us today. And I really want to say a special thanks to Reverend Hayab for making the journey from Kaduna all the way here. Greatly appreciate it.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: $ 468,7450 Awarded to Law Enforcement Agencies in the Western District of Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5376, the Build Back Better Act, transformative legislation that invests in our people and in our communities, by a vote of 220-213.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Democratic leaders of the House Agriculture Committee issued the following statement applauding House passage and inclusion of agriculture and forestry priorities in the Build Back Better Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: CONNECTICUT - Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROBERTO MUNIZ, 37, of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, was sentenced today via videoconference by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine from Puerto Rico to Connecticut through the U.S. Mail.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: ATHENS, Ga. - 13 individuals are federally charged resulting from an ongoing FBI Safe Streets Gang Task Force investigation into an organization of alleged drug traffickers and violent offenders in Athens-Clarke County with ties to metro Atlanta. An indictment is only an allegation of criminal conduct, and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty in a court of law beyond a reasonable doubt.
By John Kelly | Nov 19, 2021
Yulan Adonay Archaga Carias, aka Alexander Mendoza and “Porky,” is wanted on racketeering, gun and drug charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: For Interstate Travel in Aid of Racketeering.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: CHEYENNE. Wyo. - Christmas tree permits are available at BLM Wyoming field offices and online.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: SAN DIEGO - Federal agents at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry seized a commercial truck carrying more than 17,000 pounds of illegal drugs. The discovery is one of the largest drug seizures in U.S. history.
By State Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
Release: The United States condemns the Houthis’ detention and mistreatment of dozens of Yemeni citizens and their family members simply because they have worked for the United States in Sana’a in a caretaker capacity since the U.S. Embassy there suspended operations in 2015. Several of these employees are still...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: BOISE - A Marsing man was sentenced to 91 months in federal prison for distribution of methamphetamine.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, marked the twenty-year anniversary of the creation of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), after Congress established it in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Thomas Holbert, 32, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for Conspiracy to Sex Traffic a Minor. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Holbert to 235 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal prison system. After his release from prison, Holbert will serve 5 years of supervised release and will be required to register as a sex offender.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Infrastructure is the backbone of communities, providing critical services and enabling essential functions such as health, safety, and economic growth. Understanding critical infrastructure dependencies and incorporating them into planning is key to the resilience of communities across...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A contractor at Hunter Army Airfield has admitted he lied to Army investigators when he claimed to have been assaulted on post.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Three defendants charged in a scheme to “straw purchase" firearms appeared in federal court this week. Two additional defendants have pleaded guilty and are awaiting sentencing. U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Explosives, and Firearms Special Agent in Charge Mickey French made the announcement.
